Reader’s links for May 18 – 2016

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Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

68 Replies to “Reader’s links for May 18 – 2016”

  1. these are my kids

    Southern residents told to evacuate in case of conflict outbreak

    Southern residents living near the Gaza Strip received instructions on Tuesday to evacuate their residences in the event of emergency, including a call to have packed bags ready, amid simmering tensions along the Gaza border following increased IDF efforts to uncover Hamas’s cross-border attack tunnels in recent weeks.

    In a letter by response organizations working under the Defense Ministry, residents were told that “in the event of an emergency, there is a decision to completely evacuate,” and were given clear instructions on which other communities to reach for safety if needed.

    Residents were told to prepare a bag with necessities, and in the event of an emergency situation to “lock all doors, close the windows and the blinds, take personal weapons and any pets, along with food, and turn off the gas valve,” Channel 2 reported Tuesday.
    Residents were also told that they must report their departure from their towns, in the event of an emergency.

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/southern-residents-told-to-evacuate-in-case-of-conflict-outbreak/

    • I don’t know how safe the neighborhood you live in is but if there is the slightest risk pack a bug out bag and have it ready.

      • No, I mean “my” Israeli kids.

        This marks a change. For various good reasons Israelis shelter in place. But the fighting in July 2014 was just too traumatic for the kids. Israelis don’t talk about these things – certainly not to outsiders – but it all took a toll.
        The tunnels are the worst. Monsters are digging holes under the kindergarden to kidnap my babies.

        I can’t write any more.

  2. Belgian lawmakers nominate jailed Palestinian Barghouti for Nobel

    Belgium lawmakers from across the political spectrum nominated jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti for the Nobel Peace Prize, Palestinian media reported on Wednesday.
    Barghouti is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for his role in murderous terror attacks during the Second Intifada in the early 2000s.

    Palestinian activists have been campaigning for his nomination for a Nobel since April.
    Lawmakers from both the Belgian Senate and House of Representatives penned a letter to the Nobel nominating committee praising Barghouti as a peace activist and key to future talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

    “He is an important actor for the future of a region more fragmented than ever,” the letter reads, according to the Palestine News Network. “Peace requires the freedom of Marwan Barghouti and of the political prisoners, and more generally the freedom of the Palestinian people living for decades under occupation.”
    […]
    Barghouti is the former leader of the Tanzim armed wing of Fatah and was convicted by Israel of being the founder of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, another Fatah terror group.

    He was convicted in 2004 on five counts of murder and one attempted murder, and was implicated in and held responsible for four other terror attacks.

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-lawmakers-nominate-jailed-palestinian-barghouti-for-nobel/

    • – 1 – Here’s an idea, Israel: EXECUTE terrorist-murders. Don’t worry, civilized Europe will love the Jew among Nations no less than they do now.

      – 2 – Belgium lawmakers from across the political spectrum nominated…
      ==> I SPIT on Belgium and its lawmakers. RUN don’t walk to your euthanesia clinics. You’re dead-men walking and you already stink like rotting corpses.

  3. Daniel Pipes:
    The Saudi solution

    As European governments slam the gates shut on illegal Middle Eastern immigrants, where can Syrians and others go, not far from their homelands, for safety and employment? The answer is obvious but surprisingly neglected: to Saudi Arabia and the other rich Arab sheikhdoms.

    The more than 1 million migrants who boated, trained, bussed and walked to northern Europe in the past year overwhelmed the continent’s capabilities and good will. Those large numbers were then exacerbated by crime and disease, an unwillingness to assimilate, a drive to impose Islamic laws, and such outrages as the Cologne taharrush (mass sexual assault) and the attacks in Paris and Brussels.

    In reaction, populist and fascist parties (such as, respectively, the National Front in France and Jobbik in Hungary) gained strength. The European mood has so deeply shifted — as shown by the March elections in Germany — that much reduced numbers of illegals are likely to get in, no matter what new routes they try, such as via Italy.

    This leaves huge numbers of would-be migrants wanting to enter Europe. A European Union (EU) commissioner, Johannes Hahn, counts “20 million refugees waiting at the doorstep of Europe. Ten to 12 million in Syria, 5 million Palestinians, 2 million Ukrainians and about 1 million in the southern Caucasus.”

    Yes, but that’s just a start; I also add vast numbers of Libyans, Egyptians, Yemenis, Iraqis, Iranians, Afghans and Pakistanis — and not just political refugees but also economic migrants. In all, the numbers of Muslim peoples ready to emigrate could potentially match the 510 million EU residents.

    To where, then, are they to go? One nearby, desirable alternative to Europe exists; indeed, it’s a destination so attractive that foreigners already constitute half the population: That would be the six Gulf Cooperation Council states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Let’s focus on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest of them in land size, population and economy.

    Saudi Arabia has many unique attractions for Sunni Muslims. To begin with, it has 100,000 high-quality, empty fiberglass tents that can house about 3 million people in Mina, just east of Mecca. Fireproof and air-conditioned, complete with toilets and kitchens, this unique resource is occupied a mere five days a year by pilgrims on the hajj.

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/17/daniel-pipes-the-saudi-solution-for-middle-eastern/print/